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(c) W. A. Kostelec
Working Man 2004
There are birds singing in the treetops
At midday when the hardest shadows fall
Down the Street a renovation
A nail gun hammers against a wall
But all things changed forever
The day the woman got the call
The transport looks so hopeful
Descending from six miles high
Flag draped coffins are patriotic pretty
The military order in which they lie
No one speaks amongst that cargo
It’s too late to question WHY?
The man at the station is complaining
About the price of gas for his SUV
The cat is creeping closer to the Robin’s nest
With the hatchlings in the tree
On the radio someone is whining
About what the Liberals have done to his country
You can’t think baseball in Seattle
You can’t be homeless in Spokane
When the cards are stacked against you
And you’re holding next to nothing in your hand
The day her baby joined the army
One more poor boy became a man
The day her baby joined the army
One more poor boy became a man.
